Shadow Tyneside Minister confirms that regional assemblies will be scapped

Alan Duncan, the new Shadow Minister for Tyneside was on the Mike Parr Breakfast programme this morining.
We first met when he was a Shadow in Hague's Cabinet...he came to Sunderland during Steve Thoburn's Court case to hand over a £20 donation.
As the criminal trial for selling bananas in imperial measures adjourned for lunch we took Alan to a lovely restaurant ...McDonald's and got the photo for all the following days papers...Shadow Minister eating a Quarterpounder. Steve Thoburn prosecuted for selling in imperial measures, but McDonalds untouched.

Mr. Duncan in response to my question confirmed that if they won the next election they would scrap the regional assemblies.

The second question was in relation to the 2010 deadline on the use of imperial measures even for supplementary indication and would the Conservatives quash the directive ... he stumbled into ... well it is not up to us ... giving the game away as to who the real masters are.

The final question was 'Would the Conservatives posthumously 'pardon' Steve Thoburn or help quash his conviction?' In true political style he talked this one out and was saved by Mike Parr's intervention.